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Sustainable Packaging and “Natural” Corrugated Boxes

Sustainable Packaging and “Natural” Corrugated Boxes

by Dennis Salazar | Jan 21, 2026 | Culture

I recently saw a sale paper promoting a “natural wood” clothing rack. As a leader is sustainable packaging, this ad caught my attention because isn’t all wood “natural”? Is there a forest full of fake trees out there somewhere that is used to make fake or artificial...
Paper versus Plastic E-commerce Packaging

Paper versus Plastic E-commerce Packaging

by Dennis Salazar | Feb 21, 2025 | Sustainable Perspective, Sustainable People, Inside Sustainable Packaging

My “checkered past”. I reluctantly admit it, but I am quickly approaching my 50th year in the packaging industry. What truly makes me cringe is the fact that for the first thirty years, I was almost totally devoted to plastic, flexible packaging. Shrink film, bundling...
Eco-Obvious Ecommerce Packaging

Eco-Obvious Ecommerce Packaging

by Michael Boik | Oct 15, 2024 | Ecommerce Packaging, Sustainable Perspective, Inside Sustainable Packaging

Being sustainable has never been a higher priority for many businesses, as they look to minimize their environmental impact across their operations/processes/product manufacturing. This of course includes their product packaging, and we have been a leader in green,...
E-commerce Packaging Sustainability – Beyond the Good Intentions

E-commerce Packaging Sustainability – Beyond the Good Intentions

by Dennis Salazar | May 3, 2024 | Inside Sustainable Packaging

Our company has been a leader in sustainable D2C packaging since our inception in 2007. We quickly realized compared to retail product sales, e-commerce shipments were going to create a lot more packaging waste. More importantly, that waste was no longer going to be...
How Much Added Cost is there in Custom Printed Packaging?

How Much Added Cost is there in Custom Printed Packaging?

by Michael Boik | Jun 21, 2022 | Inside Sustainable Packaging

There may be a perception that adding custom printing to your packaging will drastically increase your overall packaging costs, something that during an economic downturn (dare we use the dreaded “R” word?) may be unfeasible when the focus is on cost-savings and...
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      • Die Cut Inserts
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    • Cost Reduction Consultation
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